hitting the hills

Yes, I have been running. It has been an adjustment going back to running early in the morning now that I am back to work. I am fortunate to be able to leave later so I can run between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM as opposed to running around 4:00 or 5: 00 in order to catch the train.

Did the Summer St, Mount St, Upper Union loop this past Sunday. Will do that a couple of times to help prepare for the Thanksgiving Run in Brighton. Not that the hills in Brighton are tough but that the hill and resistance work that Summer and Mount provides will help me get into better shape quicker.

How are you running?

Do you have races to plan for?

The Jordan Road well

One of my favorite routes in Franklin runs along Jordan Road. I prefer to come in from Chestnut St. It is a set of rolling hills until you reach this well. Just passed, about a 100 meters or so, the road declines finally and stretches out to RT 140.

Time to go to the family well give thanks and draw sustenance. Enjoy!, originally uploaded by shersteve.

I find it very symbolic to 'go to the well' just before the peak of the climb. This is a good run and one I come back to frequently.

(1) What is your favorite run? Why?

(2) On this Thanksgiving Day, it will soon be time to go to the family well, give thanks, and draw sustenance. Enjoy!

Thank you!

thank you for taking the time to return my running wallet containing my ID and e, originally uploaded by shersteve.

To whomever picked this up downtown and took the time to return it to me. This is much appreciated.

I had dropped it when running last Thursday morning. I know I had it in my pocket at the corner of Summer and East Central. When I checked again on Wachusett it was gone. I completed my run, got into the car and retraced my route. As I went along Union, I was dismayed to find that the DPW crews were out street sweeping. Good for them and cleaning up the town but that also meant that if I had dropped it on Union, I had no chance of getting it back. It would have been gobbled up in the sweeper.

With it returned, it must have fallen out somewhere along East Central before I turned on Union.

Anyway, my thanks to the person who picked it up and was kind enough to return it. Franklin does have fine people living here. Don't let anyone say otherwise!

Best Buddies finish made the paper!

Thanks to a family friend for catching the photo in the Milford Daily News. I read the paper online and not all the printed content makes it to the web version.